On 7/19/21 5:39 PM, nix via agora-official wrote: > The Intellectual Meme Complex lost last week, and had to vote to remove > a member. Votes are as follows: > > 1 vote for cuddlybanana. > > 2 votes for Cuddlebeam. > > 2 votes for Gaelan. > > As there is a tie, both Gaelan and Cuddlebeam have been voted off. They > are now ghosts. > > Onto the next part of our show... > > Except for the sudden and surely painful death of Cuddlebeam and Gaelan > via a quick sand trap, the game of golf was actually quite pleasant. > Both teams performed extremely well, and are surely self-satisfied. As > you finish hole 18, you notice something in a bush right outside the > green. Is that... a nondescript spring holiday festive egg? You walk > over and crack it open. Gross, your hands are covered in yolk now. In > the yolk you notice a small piece of paper. It says: > > -------------------- > SECOND SEALED LETTER > -------------------- > > The team that turns in an answer sheet worth the most total points is > immune. > > The Answer Key is a document, to be published at the end of the round, > with the following sha1sum: 94ea23e0ed172a736d9433b6804ad2d04934b28f > > Each question has a prompt and lists how many N and, for some, how many > C points it is worth. N points are earned by having an answer that > either matches the answer or the Answer Key or is equally or more valid > than that answer. C points are earned by having an answer that is more > valid than the other teams'. Points are listed as N(+Cc) For instance, > if a prompt has a superlative such as "the earliest", then teams can > earn N points by having a verifiable answer earlier than the one on the > Answer Key. If one team has an earlier answer than the other, then they > also earn C points. Judgments on answer validity are up to the Host, who > should be as fair as possible. Teams are encouraged to provide evidence > for their answers to help ensure they are considered fairly. > > 1. [1] This CFJ's ruling contains a recipe for a baked good. > > 2. [1] The player with the most wins, not counting multiple wins at once. > > 3. [3+1c] The earliest use of the word "platonic" in reference to Agora. > > 4. [5] The Move in which players debate whether the game ends when > someone wins. Hint: Not Agora, but the last game. > > 5. [1+5c] The text of the earliest CFJ that is retrievable. > > 6. [3+3c] The highest prime number bid on a Victory Auction ever placed > and not withdrawn. > > 7. [1+2c] The number of members of the contract with the most members, > at the time this is turned in. (C points go to the correct answer with > highest number) > > 8. [2+1c] The rule, current or former, that has received the most > amendments. > > 9. [3+5c] List every currently active, public game that describes itself > as a nomic. Game must have existed before this challenge began. > > -------------------- > END OF SEALED LETTER > -------------------- > > -- > nix > Webmastor, Ministor, Herald > ------------------------------------------------ First Clarifying Letter for Second Sealed Letter ------------------------------------------------
On question 9: - To be active a nomic must have had play or discussion at the place where it is played within the last month. Play or discussion by the players of this tournament does not count. - Answers must have the same number or more entries that meet the above criteria to count for the non-competitive points. Does not need to be the same set of nomics. - If teams do not provide evidence that a listed nomic is both active and describes itself as a nomic, it might not be counted regardless of theoretical validity. ------------------------ END OF CLARIFYING LETTER ------------------------ -- nix Webmastor, Ministor, Herald
